FLAME FEAT · Paper 7

Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word.

The ostensible purpose of the minister's visit was trade, but everyone knew it was really about the border dispute.

Choose the one word for: 'a form of government in which power rests with a small group of people'.

Choose the word that best fills the blank.

Rainfall this year was well below normal; ______, the reservoirs were less than half full by the end of the monsoon.

Choose the best replacement for the underlined part.

By the time the ambulance arrived, the injured cyclist has already taken to the hospital by a passer-by.

Read the following passage and answer the question.

In lots of people's minds, the mystery of what killed the dinosaurs and other species, paving the way for the rise of mammals, was solved a couple of decades ago: a giant asteroid or comet slamming into the Earth, resulting in a dust cloud that shrouded the sun, cooled the planet dramatically and killed off plants and animals wholesale. It's a compelling story, but plenty of scientists never completely bought it. The dinosaurs died pretty quickly, they admit, but not quite abruptly enough to be explained this way. So alternative theories (the dinosaurs succumbed to allergies, from the rise of flowering plants, or to world-shaking volcanoes in what's now India, or to disease) have always bubbled around the periphery of the conventional wisdom.

Which of the following would make the best summary of the paragraph?

Arrange the following sentences in a logical order to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. As a result, many farmers now sow a second crop of pulses after the rice harvest.

2. In parts of eastern India, rice fields were traditionally left bare for months after the harvest.

3. The pulses also add nitrogen to the soil, so the next rice crop needs less fertiliser.

4. Cheap tube wells and quick-maturing seed varieties changed that by making a winter crop possible.

Choose the sentence that best completes the paragraph.

For decades, the success of a museum was judged by how many visitors walked through its doors. Some museums now ask a different question: how long do visitors stay, and do they come back? A gallery that draws huge crowds who rush past the exhibits in twenty minutes may be doing less well than a quieter one where families spend a whole afternoon. ______

Read the passage and answer the question.

Brain-training apps promise that a few minutes of puzzles a day will make users sharper at work, at school and in old age. The evidence is thinner than the advertising. Players certainly get better at the games themselves, which is hardly surprising, since practice improves almost any skill. What studies have struggled to show is that this improvement carries over to anything else, such as remembering a shopping list or concentrating in a meeting. Until such evidence appears, the money might be better spent on a pair of running shoes.

The author's attitude towards brain-training apps is best described as

Rajan must play five games - A, B, C, D and E - one after the other but not necessarily in the same order. The sequence in which the games are played must obey the following conditions.

- Rajan plays exactly two games between playing D and E.

- Game A is played immediately after game B is played.

In the sequence of games to be played, A can be

A school found that students who took part in its weekly debate club scored higher in English essays than students who did not. The principal concluded that taking part in debates improves students' writing.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the principal's conclusion?

Five friends, Kavya, Leela, Mohan, Nikhil and Om, all have different heights.

- Leela is taller than exactly two of the others.

- Om is taller than Leela.

- Mohan is shorter than Kavya but taller than Nikhil.

- Kavya is not the tallest.

Who is the second tallest?

Statements:

All painters are artists.

Some artists are teachers.

No teacher is lazy.

Which of the following conclusions definitely follows from the statements?

If the price of diesel changes from ₹30.00 to ₹60.00, what is the percentage change?

If a straight line passes through the points $(0,0)$ and $(2,2)$, the equation of the straight line in the x-y plane is

Himanshoo is 2 years from being twice as old as Renuka. The sum of twice Himanshoo’s age and three times Renuka’s age is 66. How old is Renuka?

On what sum will the compound interest for 2 years at 10% per annum, compounded annually, be ₹420?

At the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which Indian weightlifter won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold, in the women's 48 kg category?

The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight Indian states. Which of the following states does it NOT pass through?

Who was selected for the 60th Jnanpith Award, announced in March 2026?

Who won the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil?